Phil Knight had an old car and an idea that almost no one took seriously. He sold sneakers one by one from the trunk, never imagining that improvised business would become Nike.
Decades later, he and his wife Penny have just made the largest individual donation in the history of the United States to a health institution: 2,000 million dollars earmarked for the fight against cancer.
With that money, the research center is doubling its capacity, accelerating treatments, and supporting patients with psychological and financial assistance.
It is not an isolated gesture. Knight has already given nearly 10% of his entire fortune to social causes. He started with the little he had in the trunk of a car and today uses the great deal he built to give thousands of families something money rarely buys: time and hope.
